There aren’t many gamers — if any — who’re harder to sort out than Ravens working again Derrick Henry. He’s a 6-foot-3, 247-pound behemoth with the sort of pace you by no means see from an individual that dimension. If something, Henry is the one who throws defenders to the bottom.
On Sunday, he was on the receiving finish of that have and it got here courtesy of Eagles rookie cornerback Cooper DeJean.
With the Ravens dealing with third and 11 within the fourth quarter, Lamar Jackson checked all the way down to Henry within the flat, and DeJean unleashed a fully textbook sort out. It was so excellent that he lifted Henry from the bottom and drove by way of the sort out. For reference, DeJean is listed at simply shy of 200 kilos.
Cooper DeJean takes down Derrick Henry 💪
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📱: https://t.co/waVpO909ge pic.twitter.com/Lwq9S0PfZo— NFL (@NFL) December 2, 2024
After the sport, DeJean was requested concerning the sort out. And he even admitted that he didn’t anticipate to totally elevate Henry off the bottom like that.
“I didn’t anticipate to totally decide him up and put him on the bottom.”
Cooper DeJean on his huge hit on Derrick Henry. pic.twitter.com/vR53O08byJ
— Tim McManus (@Tim_McManus) December 2, 2024
I suppose he didn’t notice his personal power.

